1926 Giro d'Italia

1926 Giro d'Italia Giro Italia 1926-map.png Race Route 15 May – 6 June 1926 12 3249.7 km 137h 55' 59" Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Legnano Alfredo Binda ITA 1861 Legnano Arturo Bresciani ITA 1861 Bianchi 1925 1927 The 1926 Giro d'Italia was the 14th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a Grand Tour organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 15 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 275 km 0 on to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 6 June after a 288 km 0 on stage and a total distance covered of 3249.7 km 0 on. The race was won by the Giovanni Brunero of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Alfredo Binda and Arturo Bresciani.http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1926_05%2F19260516_0003.pdf Archived copy 2019-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232551/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1926_05%2F19260516_0003.pdf 2016-03-03 dead http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1926_05%2F19260518_0003.pdf Archived copy 2019-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022550/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1926_05%2F19260518_0003.pdf 2016-03-04 dead http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1926_05/19260530_0003.pdf February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1926_05%2F19260528_0003.pdf Archived copy 2019-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230830/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1926_05%2F19260528_0003.pdf 2016-03-03 dead http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1926_05/19260522_0004.pdf February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1926_06%2F19260608_0003.pdf Archived copy 2019-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232610/http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=%2Farchivio%2Funi_1926_06%2F19260608_0003.pdf 2016-03-03 dead Participants In the two previous editions, a conflict between cycling teams and the Giro organisation had the effect that all riders rode as individuals, and that some teams kept their riders away from these Giros. In 1926, this conflict had been resolved and the teams were back, but they had to allow the Giro to increaes the number of participants considerably.van den Akker 2023 19 Of the 206 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 15 May, 40 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 6 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were six teams that competed in the race: Berrenttini, Ganna, Legnano, Météore, Olympia, and Wolsit. Eighteen of the 206 riders were on a team. The peloton was primarily composed of Italians. The field featured two former Giro d'Italia champions in two-time winners Costante Girardengo and Giovanni Brunero, 1924 winner Giuseppe Enrici, and returning champion Alfredo Binda. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Giovanni Rossignoli and Angelo Gremo. Race summary In the first stage, Binda crashed. A mechanical failure costed him a lot of time, and he finished more than twenty minutes behind his rival Girardengo. That first stage was won by Piemontesi, who also won the second stage. Piemontesi had a firm lead in the general classification. Binda won back some time by winning the third stage, but he was still far behind in the general classification. His team mate Brunero was doing much better, and Binda decided to ride in support of Brunero. In the fourth stage, Binda and Brunero escaped together with Girardengo; all other riders lost over ten minutes to them. Girardengo became the new leader, with Brunero close behind him. In the fifth and the sixth stage the three riders finished in front of the field; Girardengo won the fifth stage, and Binda won the sixth. Thus, Girardengo led after the sixth stage. In the subsequent rest day, he became sick. He started the seventh stage, but had to abandon in the first half.van den Akker 2023 76 Binda and Brunero rode away from the other riders, and won with a margin of more than 25 minutes. Brunero became the new leader of the general classification; Binda was in third place, and would have been leading if the time loss in the first stage would not have happened. Brunero did not get into problems in the final stages, and neither did Binda; Binda won three more stages, and jumped to second place in the general classification when Bresciani lost time. Therefore Brunero became the winnre of the 1926 Giro, with his team mate Binda in second place. Final standings Stage results + Stage resultshttp://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1926.html 1926 Giro d'Italia Bike Race Info Bill and Carol McGann Dog Ear Publishing 2012-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227183216/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1926.html 2014-02-27 live StageDateCourseDistanceTypeIn 1926, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate that the first, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, eleventh, and twelfth stages included major mountains.WinnerRace Leader 1 15 May Milan to Turin 275 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Domenico Piemontesi ITA 1861 Domenico Piemontesi ITA 1861 2 17 May Turin to Genoa 250.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Domenico Piemontesi ITA 1861 Domenico Piemontesi ITA 1861 3 19 May Genoa to Florence 312 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alfredo Binda ITA 1861 Domenico Piemontesi ITA 1861 4 21 May Florence to Rome 287.2 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 5 23 May Rome to Naples 232.1 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 6 25 May Naples to Foggia 262.9 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alfredo Binda ITA 1861 Costante Girardengo ITA 1861 7 27 May Foggia to Sulmona 250.8 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alfredo Binda ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 8 29 May Sulmona to Terni 266.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 9 31 May Terni to Bologna 357.8 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Alfredo Binda ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 10 2 June Bologna to Udine 355.2 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stage Pierino Bestetti ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 11 4 June Udine to Verona 291.7 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alfredo Binda ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 12 6 June Verona to Milan 288 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s) Alfredo Binda ITA 1861 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Total 3429.7 km 0 on General classification There were 40 cyclists who had completed all twelve stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. For the first time, there was a time bonus for stage winners: the winner of a stage had 1:30 subtracted from their time.van den Akker 2023 68 The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner. Giuseppe Enrici won the prize for best ranked independent rider in the general classification.http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7924&p=5#page/5/mode/2up I vincitori delle categorie speciali Corriere dello Sport 14 June 1950 6 7 July 2013 it The winners of the special categories https://web.archive.org/web/20141222201219/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7924&p=5 22 December 2014 live + Final general classification (1–10)http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,avanzata/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,3/articleid,1163_01_1926_0134A_0003_24870339/ Giovanni Brunero di Ciriè vince il XIV Giro d'Italia it 7 June 1926 3 La Stampa Editrice La Stampa 27 May 2012 PDF Giovanni Brunero of Ciriè Wins the 14th Tour of ItalyRankNameTeamTime 1 Giovanni Brunero ITA 1861 Legnano 137h 55' 59" 2 Alfredo Binda ITA 1861 Legnano + 15' 28" 3 Arturo Bresciani ITA 1861 Olympia + 54' 41" 4 Ermanno Vallazza ITA 1861 Legnano + 1h 11' 38" 5 Giuseppe Enrici ITA 1861 — + 1h 15' 57" 6 Pierino Bestetti ITA 1861 Wolsit + 1h 26' 00" 7 Gianbattista Gilli ITA 1861 Olympia + 2h 02' 52" 8 Angelo Gremo ITA 1861 Météore + 3h 16' 58" 9 Michele Robotti ITA 1861 Berrettini + 3h 41' 39" 10 Ezio Cortesia ITA 1861 Ganna + 3h 59' 18" Final general classification (11–40)RankNameTeamTime 11 Romolo Lazzaretti ITA 1861 Olympia-Dunlop + 4h 47' 39" 12 Giuseppe Pancera ITA 1861 Olympia-Dunlop + 4h 58' 19" 13 Gino Balestieri ITA 1861 — + 5h 24' 11" 14 Antonio Montevecchi ITA 1861 — + 6h 32' 50" 15 Umberto Berni ITA 1861 — + 6h 39' 28" 16 Umberto Brivio ITA 1861 — + 7h 04' 034" 17 Giovanni Rossignoli ITA 1861 — + 7h 25' 00" 18 Antonio Tecchio ITA 1861 — + 8h 11' 20" 19 Giuseppe Casadio ITA 1861 — + 8h 34' 21" 20 Marco Persichetti ITA 1861 — ? 21 Cesare Barbera ITA 1861 — + 9h 51' 36" 22 Arnaldo Bergami ITA 1861 — + 10h 42' 45" 23 Virgilio Beolchi ITA 1861 — + 10h 53' 49" 24 Angelo Cerro ITA 1861 — + 13h 11' 25" 25 Eliseo Pancera ITA 1861 — + 13h 49' 42" 26 Alessandro Cattaneo ITA 1861 — + 15h 04' 33" 27 Azeglio Terreni ITA 1861 — + 15h 18' 16" 28 Antonio Venturi ITA 1861 — + 15h 19' 50" 29 Mosé Arosio ITA 1861 — + 15h 27' 27" 30 Alessandro Orioli ITA 1861 — + 15h 31' 04" 31 Augusto Rho ITA 1861 — + 16h 21' 06" 32 Emanuele Caly ITA 1861 — + 17h 02' 08" 33 Pietro Barbati ITA 1861 — + 17h 26' 33" 34 Americo Giammei ITA 1861 — + 17h 49' 07" 35 Giuseppe Pedrali ITA 1861 — + 19h 15' 39" 36 Eustacchio Paliotta ITA 1861 — + 19h 40' 33" 37 Giuseppe Cattaneo ITA 1861 — + 20h 04' 07" 38 Biaggio Gavinelli ITA 1861 — + 22h 20' 32" 39 Giacomo Fassio ITA 1861 — + 22h 45' 07" 40 Giuseppe Chiesa ITA 1861 — + 27h 26' 56" Notes "Notes" References Bibliography van den Akker Pieter Giro d'Italia, Rules and Statistics 2023 979-8863173719 Category:Giro d'Italia by year Giro Ditalia, 1926 Giro Ditalia, 1926 Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia